Admissions

Admissions

Hertfordshire Local Authority manages the transfer and entry to Hitchin Girls’ School. The school is generally oversubscribed. For details of both regular and In-Year Admissions, please follow the links and see the information below.

For further information contact the Children Schools and Families help and information line on 0300 123 4043

Open Event Details

Each year, the school invites Year 6 girls and their parents to visit the school to assist with their choice of Secondary School. We provide three opportunities to visit the school, meet staff, see and talk to students and hopefully obtain a good understanding of how we operate.

On Tuesday 26th September there is an evening session between 5.30 and 8.00pm which includes a chance to look around the school, meet staff and see a number of students demonstrating aspects of their work. The Headteacher will give a talk at 6.30pm which will be repeated at the end of the evening at 7.30pm.

On Thursday 28th September and Wednesday 4th October the school will be open between 9.30 and 11.30am with lessons taking place as normal and students available to give you a tour around the school. There is no formal presentation but the Headteacher and senior members of staff will be available for questions throughout the morning.

We look forward to meeting you.

Tuesday 26th September. Open evening 5.30 - 8.00pm.

The Headteacher will give a talk at 6.30pm, repeated at 7.30pm

Thursday 28th September. Open morning 9.30 – 11.30am

Wednesday 4th October. Open morning 9.30 – 11.30am

Secondary Transfers for September 2018

The school participates in the Hertfordshire County Council co-ordinated scheme for admissions. All deadlines within this scheme must be adhered to by applicants. Hertfordshire County Council will make offers of places on behalf of the school.

Secondary allocation day is 1st March 2018. If you applied online you will receive an email from Hertfordshire County Council (HCC) on this date. If you applied on paper then you will receive a letter in the post.

Accepting your place: if you are allocated Hitchin Girls’ School and wish to accept your place then you must do this either online or on the paper form provided by 15th March 2018. Responses go directly to HCC and do not come back to the school.

Continued interest: if you are not allocated Hitchin Girls’ School and it was ranked higher than the school you have been allocated then you will automatically be added to the continued interest list.

If you do not want to stay on this list then you must let the Hertfordshire County Council Children’s Services Team know immediately.

In-Year Admissions

All Local Authorities have a statutory duty to coordinate all in-year admissions (primary and secondary) for all maintained schools and academies. This means that all applications for, and allocations of, in-year places must be made via a child's home Local Authority. All parents living in Hertfordshire who wish to make an in-year application must apply online to Hertfordshire County Council at www.hertfordshire.gov.uk/admissions and not by applying direct to schools. A paper application form can be requested from the Children Schools and Families Customer Service Centre, 0300 123 4043

Appeals

At transfer time, parents wishing to appeal who applied online should log into their online application and click on the link ‘register an appeal’. For those who did not apply online, please contact the Children Schools and Families Customer Service Centre on 0300 123 4043 to request an appeal pack. The School Admissions Appeals Timetable is available here. A copy of the HCC Guidance for Parents document regarding admissions appeal panels is available here.

Sixth Form Admissions

Our Sixth Form Open Evening for students wishing to join us in September 2018 will be held on Monday 16th October 2017, from 6.30pm to 8.30pm. Information on our Sixth Form, including a copy of our Sixth Form prospectus is available here.